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Masonoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Karagandoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Masonoceras Work and Manger
2006Masonoceras Korn
2009Masonoceras Furnish et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyKaragandoceratoideaLibrovich 1957
familyKaragandoceratidae(Librovitch 1957)
genusMasonoceras

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Masonoceras Work and Manger 2002
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Masonoceras bradfordi Manger 1971
Masonoceras kentuckiense Work and Manger 2002
Masonoceras rugilobatum Miller and Collinson 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.36.5037.78.8013.2
shell diameter518.811.062.814.721.9
shell inflation50.0010.0010.0010.001-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Ivorian or 353.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) M. kentuckiense (46581 46582 46583 65684 157662)